Verse-by-Verse Personal Book(s) on the Pentateuch by E.M. Zerr
Dear Friends,
Inserted below is the Book(s) of the Pentateuch by E.M. Zerr (C)1947.
The file(s) below were scanned from the original 1947 publication. Don't
believe it is any longer available in Hardback like my 6 volume collection.
The first Volume contains the Pentateuch and some other OT books.
For now, I will be posting E.M. Zerr's Verse-by-Verse Commentary as it
appears in Zerr's Bible Commentary
The Book of Genesis by Zerr is posted below. As of 10/16/20 I am now
working on Exodus. When all five books of the Pentateuch are complete
you should be able to load all five books in order into the LOGOS Personal
Book Editor and compile the First five books of the Old Testament into one
complete Personal Book. All of Zerr's Commentary on all 66 books of the
bible are available at the following two sites in .PDF Format only:
(1) http://restorationlibrary.org
(2) http://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks
Please watch for the updates to this collection below:
Comments
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Find below the E.M. Zerr Commentary on the Pentateuch.now including The Books of Genesis and Exodus
Combine these in the Personal Book Editor. Next update will include Zerr's Commentary
on the Book of Leviticus. Almost done with Leviticus...--Mark Johns--.
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Here are the latest Personal Books on the Pentateuch by E.M. Zerr.
I am now working on the Book of Numbers
-Mark-
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Thanks Mark - It's very generous of you to make these available. Keep well Paul
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Anytime Paul,
You should be able to add these files to the Personal Book Editor in the order
as they appear in the Bible. Hope to have Zerr's Commentary on the Pentateuch
finished by Monday.Have a great day in the Lord!
-Mark-
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Thanks for your work!
What title are you using in the PB editor?
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Raphael,
Currently I am using the title of "Zerr Commentary on the Pentateuch"
Since I am starting on Deuteronomy, will rename it something like ZERR,
or maybe 'ZBC' which stands for "Zerr Bible Commentary." That is the title
on each of the six hardback books by Zerr. I have Zerr's in my WORDsearch
program as a User Book. So what I have done is I printed the entire first volume
as an '.HTML' file. I load that into Word and save as a .docx file for use as a
Personal Book in LOGOS. Volume One covers Genesis thru Ruth. Volume Two
covers 1st Samuel thru Job. Volume Three covers Psalms thru Isaiah and
Volume Four Covers Jeremiah thru Malachi. They are (c)1947 by E.M. Zerr, who
died in an accident in 1956. Anyway, for the New Testament the last hardback
edition combines Volumes 5 & 6 in a single hardback.If anyone wants to download the commentary in PDF format the volumes are found
at these sites: http://restorationlibrary,org and http://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooksIf anyone wants the .HTMl formatted version derived from the WORDsearch User book,
I will be glad to make if available, but believe it is over 28 MB in size.--Mark Johns--
PS. I am posting Zerr's Commentary on Numbers tonite. So far I am compiling Genesis
thru Numbers, with no errors and only 1 warning.. I left plenty of space between
the commentary for each verse or group of verses. Anyone who wants can certainly edit
that space if you choose to do so. For now I am compiling the Commentary as a "Bible Commentary".
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Here are the latest Personal Books on the Pentateuch by E.M. Zerr.
It might be best if you load all files in the order as they appear in the Bible. You can compile each one separately,
or do like what I did and compile them as one single volume.So far, Genesis thru Numbers compiles with no errors and only 1 warning.
I am now working on the Book of Deuteronomy.
-Mark-
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E.M. Zerr's Commentary on the Pentateuch which is derived from Zerr's Bible Commentary (c)1947,
is now complete. There is a little work that needs to be done to the Genesis and Exodus files as far
as the Scripture References in each chapter are concerned, but the book is quite functional otherwise.
I will be smoothing out those rough spots in the next couple days.....Find below the Zerr's Complete Verse-by-Verse Commentary for Genesis thru Deuteronomy:
Please note that when compiling these first five books of the Old Testament, there are no mistakes at compile time. Just one error message,
which I suspect is in one of the first 3 books (Gen - Exodus - Leviticus). The book(s) compile perfectly into a single Commentary as is.I am now considering working on the rest of E.M. Zerr's Commentary, Volume One, which convers Genesis thru the Book of Ruth. So, watch this forum for more Personal Books. If I end up doing all 66 Books of the Bible, it will be a while before I can get to that point. Have fun and enjoy study in the Word......
---Mark---
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The warning ("[Warning] Article 'A_UNKNOWN' has only 1 characters") is in Exodus, but I couldn't find it
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The warning ("[Warning] Article 'A_UNKNOWN' has only 1 characters") is in Exodus, but I couldn't find it
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Exodus 14 - wrong format - heading 3 would be 2
Error is between Exodus 14.4 and 14.5
If you switch on "Navigation" you will see the empty field
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Thanks Calvin and Thomas....
I thought the error was either in Genesis or Exodus.
I will certainly correct that.
I have also finished Zerr's Commentary on Joshua for any who want it.
Note: To finish up Zerr's First Volume (Gen to Ruth), just need to do Judges and Ruth.
I suppose I will start on Volume Two after that...Thanks again....
Mark
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Thanks!
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Thomas,
Thanks again for finding that error.
I just use the WORD 2010 Starter version.
Prefer it over WORDPERFECTShould have noticed in the Navigation Panel
on the Left in WORD that something was amiss.Thanks again for finding that error!
Now it compiles perfectly. No runs, no drips, no "Errors"
Here is the text from the Log File:
[Info] Starting build for PBB:2804f0fd55124250beb6db611950e6ca
[Info] Converting
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Genesis.docx
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Exodus.docx
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Leviticus.docx
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Numbers.docx
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Deuteronomy.docx
[Info] Converting C:\LOGOS PERSONAL BOOKS\Zerr\Zerr-Joshua.docx
[Info] Compiling
[Info] Discovering
[Info] CompleteStill got some formatting to fix in Genesis and Exodus, then it's on to Judges and Ruth.
--Mark--
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Suppose I should combine these .docx files into one.
What I think I will do is when Volume One (Gen-Ruth) is complete, I will combine
the individual files for Gen-Ruth into a singlie file like Vol01-Zerr_Gen-Ruth.docxWill most likely do the same for the other five volumes, making sure each
compiles perfectly. Then merge the six separate volumes into one single .docx file.Would be a pain to have 66 .docx files to compile...
Thanks again Calvin and Thomas.....
Idea: Left some space between the verse by verse comments by Zerr in case someone
wants to go back and add their own notes and/or comments by Copeland, McGarvey, Burton
Coffman (http://studylight.org) or others from the Restoration Movement.... or some other
good commentator -- long as it's true and faithful to God's Word.0 -
I will combine
the individual files for Gen-Ruth into a singlie file like Vol01-Zerr_Gen-Ruth.docxPBB doesnt always process large files fast - but great work so far - I would keep the separate, and then compiler has option of combining, - either way will make no difference to the outputted PB
Never Deprive Anyone of Hope.. It Might Be ALL They Have
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That is true. But if you get to the point where you have 66 books that each compile perfectly. Then one could merge them into one single .docx file. Although I prefer working with files as you suggested.
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Update for Zerr's Bible Commentary - 10/21/2020 at 1:20pm EST
4760.Zerr_Bible_Commentary_Genesis_thru_Joshua.zip
The above ".ZIPped" file contains the first six(6) books of the Old Testament. They represent
E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary. They reflect changes in the formatting of the Text, Scripture References,
and some Spelling and Grammar Corrections. These six(6) .docx files are from the original .PDF file of
Volume One of Zerr's Bible Commentary, which includes Verse-by-Verse Commentary on the Books of
Genesis thru Ruth. I am already working on Zerr's Commentary for Judges and Ruth. That will then
Complete Volume One. When that is done, i will begin working on Volume Two which includes Commentary
on 1st Samuel thru Job.The above ZIP file includes Zerr's entire Comments on Genesis thru Joshua. However, they are the result
of scanning the original books that were (c)1947 by E.M. Zerr. Naturally, they contain spelling and grammar
mistakes that I attribute to the OCR scanning done on the original Hardbacks. Feel free to correct those spelling
mistakes that you come across. If you can, notify me and you can send the corrected .docx file(s) to me at the
following email address: djmarko53@live.com I will re-post the corrected .docx file(s)....Hope you like these files. All I ask is that you keep the (c)Copyright notice at the beginning of each book's .docx
file.I will try to complete and upload the rest of Volume One (Genesis thru Ruth) this week.
Have fun and enjoy these verse by verse commentaries on the Old Testament.
--Mark Johns--
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Well, please find below, E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary for Genesis thru Judges. UPDATE: 10/21/2020 - 9:20pm CST
Please find below the Personal Book(s) that are Verse-by-Verse Commentary on the Books of Genesis thru Judges.
7384.Zerr_Bible_Commentary_Genesis_thru_Judges.zip
The next .docx file to be added will be for the Book of Ruth. It will Complete Volume One of E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary.
As included here, when compiled, this LOGOS Personal Book Compiles with no errors and no error messages
--Mark--
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Well, please find below, E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary for Genesis thru Ruth. UPDATE: 10/22/2020 - 7:15am CST
2438.Zerr_Bible_Commentary_Genesis_thru_Ruth.zip
This Completes Volume One of E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary on Genesis thru Ruth
When compiled, this LOGOS Personal Book Compiles with no errors and no error messages
--Mark--
Now on to Volume Two...
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Find below the Book of 1st Samuel by E.M. Zerr.
UPDATE: 10/22/2020 - 3:30pm CST
For the latest Post of Zerr's Commentary including Genesis thru 1st Samuel, you can download the ZIPped file below...
Note: the above Commentary on 1st Samuel is included in this ZIPped file:6505.Zerr_Bible_Commentary_Genesis_thru_1stSamuel.zip
Note: The above ZIPped file contains E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary on the Books of Genesis thru 1st Kings
-Mark-
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Well, please find below, E.M. Zerr's Bible Commentary for Genesis thru Ruth. UPDATE: 10/22/2020 - 7:15am CST
Mark,
thanks a lot for this labor of love. There's one thing that would really help this commentary to be even more helpful: include bible index milestones into the commentary. You may not have realized it, but compiling a PB as a type:"bible commentary" doesn't make it a bible commentary, it's the actual bible index that's created by the PB compiler upon the milestone data in the PB source.
As a proof of concept, I took the Ruth book from the commentary and put in the milestone index. Basically I replaced Heading 3 formatted bible verse text like "Ruth 1:1" with milestone index text like "[[@Ruth 1:1]]" - since I didn't include any other text outside the square brackets, the Heading 3 texts will no longer come up in the Logos-created ToC - which is okay for me. Otherwise this text could with a bit more effort be replaced by"[[@Ruth 1:1]] Ruth 1:1" having the milestones and the verse reference on the Heading 3 level.
4201.Zerr-Ruth.with bible index.docx
If you compile this, you'll find that the commentary now shows a navigation field to actually locate it to a specific verse, which becomes ever more relevant the larger the commentary gets. It will automatically open to the position you're in in the bible - and it may scroll along with a bible if put into the same link set. In other words, putting in the milestone index info makes the PB commentary work with the same functionality as the Logos-built commentaries.
Have joy in the Lord!
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Thanks NB.Mick...
I haven't messed with Milestones yet.
Your explanation makes sense however.
I will be looking at what you did for Ruth.
Not sure how long it would take to go back and insert all those Milestones. Any ideas?
How long did it take you to do the Commentary on Ruth:?
BTW, the Commentary is now complete for the Books of Genesis thru 1st Samuel...
Thanks....
-Mark-
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Not sure how long it would take to go back and insert all those Milestones. Any ideas?
How long did it take you to do the Commentary on Ruth:?
Well, there are people out here who can do regular expression / pattern matching search & replace in Word. This would be the right way to do it, and quick. I use this feature only rarely and thus it actually took me more time to try (unsuccessfully) to replace all the references with such a search - then I decided to do the brute force approach and just manually put "[[@ in front of all those Headings, and then replace all Heading 3-formatted ^p" with "]]^p" - this was ten minutes or so while watching a debate on Youtube on the other monitor. But I selected Ruth on purpose, not Genesis or Joshua, to do so....
Have joy in the Lord!
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How long did it take you to do
Joshua and Judges together: ten minutes (in the individual Word files I could do a replace all for the Heading 3-formatted "J" by "[[@J")
2161.Zerr-Joshua.with bible index.docx
7080.Zerr-Judges.with b.i.docx
compiling, finding an error, correcting and recompiling even included.
EDIT: I did it for the Pentateuch as well. It should compile just fine now without warnings and errors:
Have joy in the Lord!
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Well, I must say I am impressed.
I will go with what you did.
You just saved me a lot of time, toil and effort!
Gonna download that Pentateuch file.
Thanks agian. That really helps.
I started doing 1st Samuel and took me several
minutes to do the first ten chapters like you did Ruth.
Just used yours as an example. Just Copy and Paste
the [[@ and the ]] and put them in the right spot.--Mark--
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Well folks, below you will find the Personal book "Zerr's Bible Commentary"
For now it includes the Books of Genesis thru 1st Samuel.
My deepest thanks to NB.Mick who did most of the "Milestones" for these
books. I just finished doing the "Milestones" for 1st Samuel and will start
on 2nd Samuel tomorrow. Here are the files:8546.Zerr-Genesis.with BI.docx
1057.Zerr-Leviticus.with BI.docx
6443.Zerr-Numbers.with BI.docx
2335.Zerr-Deuteronomy.with BI.docx
4540.Zerr-Joshua.with bible index.docx
7382.Zerr-Ruth with bible index.docx
0005.Zerr-1st Samuel.with BI.docx
Note: 1st Samuel represents my first serious attempt to use "Milestones" in a Personal book that is compiled as a Bible Commentary. Please notice that when these books are compiled in order as listed above, they will not have any errors and/or Mistakes at compile time.
--Mark--
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Thanks Mark and everyone else. Compiled with no errors. Carla
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Note: 1st Samuel represents my first serious attempt to use "Milestones" in a Personal book that is compiled as a Bible Commentary.
Very well done! I had seen a small error at 1 Sam 16:8 and fixed this - 6840.0005.Zerr-1st Samuel.with BI.docx
One thing learned, now to the next: I saw at the Jos 1:10 that in some places you had "verse 10" or such instead of the real reference - this the Logos PB compiler can't detect, thus I fixed it in the Josh file. The same goes when the author references another chapter in the book or another verse (as opposed to a full bible reference). The syntax to make those active is very easy, best I show you:
Jos 3:17. Ordinarily the word "midst" would mean the center or middle. But it also means any place within the limits of a thing. In this place we know it means this, because [[verses 8 >> Jos 3:8]] and [[15 >> Jos 3:15]] expressly state the point at which the priests stopped in their march, which was the edge of the water.
As I went through the book of Joshua anyway with a search for "verse", I did those as well where I saw fit. It's quick and makes the PB more usable. I wouldn't say those are necessary fixes, but they bring the PB to the standard I personally like to see in Logos. This method can be used to reference other books cited etc, so I show it to you more as giving you ideas for further PB work.
0044.Zerr-Joshua.with bible index.docx
Have joy in the Lord!
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Well,
I found an error NB.Mick.
It is in the Table of Contents for Leviticus. Leviticus 16.
Compiles OK, but there must be a hidden character or something.
Since you did that one, can you find it?
I haven't tried to do the Control-Shift F9 in WORD to see if that would eliminate it.
It's a cosmetic thing more than anything. Just bugs me when I see it.
--Mark--
Note: Hope to be done with 2nd Samuel either today or tomorrow. Have to insert
the Milestones and touch it up a little.0
